LEADER 04783nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910969932103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612697470 010 $a9781282697478 010 $a1282697471 010 $a9780299119638 010 $a0299119637 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006558 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411664 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411664 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10356756 035 $a(PQKB)10464746 035 $a(OCoLC)582727349 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12101 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444977 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370388 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL269747 035 $a(OCoLC)608692468 035 $a(PPN)250966131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444977 035 $a(Perlego)4410690 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006558 100 $a19880921d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American evasion of philosophy $ea genealogy of pragmatism /$fCornel West 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison, Wis. $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc1989 215 $a279 p 225 1 $aThe Wisconsin project on American writers 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780299119607 311 08$a0299119602 311 08$a9780299119645 311 08$a0299119645 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Emersonian Prehistory of American Pragmatism -- Emerson on Power (and Tradition) -- Emerson on Provocation (and the Market) -- Emerson on Personality (and Race) -- Emerson on Organic Intellectual -- 2 The Historic Emergence of American Pragmatism -- Peirce on Scientific Method, Community, and Christian Love -- James on Individuality, Reconciliation, and Heroic Energies -- 3 The Coming-of-Age of American Pragmatism: John Dewey -- Dewey on Historical Consciousness, Critical Intelligence, and creative Democracy -- 4 The Dilemma of the Mid-Century Pragmatic Intellectual -- Sidney Hook: The Deweyen Political Intellecrual -- C. Wright Mills: The Neo-Deweyan Radical Social Critic -- W.E.B. Du Bois: The Jamesian Cultural Critic -- Reinhold Niebuhr: The Jamesian Cultural Critic -- Lionel Trilling: The Pragmatist as Arnoldian Literary Critic -- 5 the Decline and Resurgence of American Pragmatism: W.V. Quine and Richard Rorty -- 6. Prophetic Pragmatism: Cultural Criticism and Political Engagement -- Roverto Unger and Third-Wave Left Romanticism -- The Challenge of Michel Foucault -- Tragedy, Tradition, and Political Praxis -- Prophetic Pragmatism and Postmodernity -- Notes -- Index. 330 8 $aTaking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West's basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey is the central figure in West's pantheon of pragmatists, but he treats as well such varied mid-century representatives of the tradition as Sidney Hook, C. Wright Mills, W. E. B. Du Bois, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Lionel Trilling. West's "genealogy" is, ultimately, a very personal work, for it is imbued throughout with the author's conviction that a thorough reexamination of American pragmatism may help inspire and instruct contemporary efforts to remake and reform American society and culture. "West... may well be the pre-eminent African American intellectual of our generation."-The Nation " The American Evasion of Philosophy is a highly intelligent and provocative book. Cornel West gives us illuminating readings of the political thought of Emerson and James; provides a penetrating critical assessment of Dewey, his central figure; and offers a brilliant interpretation-appreciative yet far from uncritical-of the contemporary philosopher and neo-pragmatist Richard Rorty.... What shines through, throughout the work, is West's firm commitment to a radical vision of a philosophic discourse as inextricably linked to cultural criticism and political engagement."-Paul S. Boyer, professor emeritus of history, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin Project on American Writers Frank Lentricchia, General Editor 410 0$aWisconsin project on American writers. 606 $aPhilosophy, American$xHistory 606 $aPragmatism$xHistory 615 0$aPhilosophy, American$xHistory. 615 0$aPragmatism$xHistory. 676 $a144/.3/0973 700 $aWest$b Cornel$0262734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969932103321 996 $aThe American evasion of philosophy$94358862 997 $aUNINA